Up and Down

What makes an effective warm-up and cool-down activity? as well as tips for leading stretches. Find detailed activity plans, as well as tips for leading stretches, for elementary school, tag-based games (including one game called "Toilet...

Students examine healthy food choices and the benefits of growing their own food for consumption. They read the story "Favorite Things" and illustrate 5 favorite things. Students discuss types of foods that are healthy choices and why it...

Encourage your youngsters to eat well and exercise and have them record their goals on this page. Learners note down their current eating and activity habits and then set appropriate goals for today, tomorrow, the next week, and the next...

This intermediate sprinting lesson focuses on how the form of the arms and hands help generate velocity. Elbows around 90 degrees, hands open or cupped, but relaxed. The arms should swing up and down, not across, with the hands going...

Exercise and physical fitness are two very important life skills we need to share with our students. Students view warm-up exercises, do warm-up exercises, and then make a list of activities that could be used as a suitable warm-up....

Learners use data from tables to draw graphs. They interpret the graphed data and explain how CFCs damage the ozone layer. This is a good cross-curricular lesson.

Students practice different relaxation techniques to help calm their nerves. In this relaxation lesson plan, students answer questions using their thumbs up or down, practice breathing, counting, and more.

Students recall the procedure of Get Down Low and Go, Go, Go as well as Tell, Go, Get out, Stay out. They discuss what can catch on fire and burn. Students recall and practice the fire safety procedure of Stop, Drop, Cover and Roll.

Students participate in a informal survey of their listening habits, then read a news article about the possibility of portable music players harming kids hearing. In this current events instructional activity, the teacher introduces the...

Teach your class the three types of workouts: endurance, strength, and power. Concurrently, this focuses on the four parts of a workout: goal, warm-up, workout, and cool down. Two great examples are provided.